Cardcase



Jan. 17, 1928,

W. J. WILLIAMS CARD CASE Filed Sept. 6, 1923 LVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII///IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII unlnnm.

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UNITED STATES rarer FFT;Z

WALTER J. wrLLrai/rs, or

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GARDGASE.

animation filed September This invention relates to improvements in cardcases.

The object of this invention is to produce a card case in which aplurality of cares may be mounted and which by a simple manipulation maybe delivered oneata time beyond the mouth of the card case. Anotherobject of ray invention is to provide in a card case a card carrieradapted to engage and carry a single card and means extending throughthe card case, and pref erably comprising a slide movable longitudinallyon a slot or track for delivering the card carried by the carrier to andabove the mouth of said card case.

Another object of my invention is to provide in combination with such acarrier and operating means therefor of a yieldablc retaining elementpreferably positioned contiguous to the mouth of the card case andadapted normally to retain such cards in position within the case butyieldable to enable the movement of a card by the carrier andmanipulating means through the mouth of the said card case.

With these and other objects in view, the invention comprises thecombination of members and arrangement of parts so combined as to co-actand cooperate with each other in the performance of the functions andthe accomplishment'of the results herein contemplated, and comprises inone of its adaptations the species or preferred form illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a card case embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 -2 of Fig. 1 showing a stack of cardswithin the card case with the carrier and manipulating means normally inoperative position;

Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fig. 2 of the card case and cards showingthe carrier raised in the act of delivering a card therefrom;

Fig. 4 is a section similar to Figs. 2 and 3 of'acard case showing theposition of the carrier and other parts when the case is empty or whenthe cards have been de-' livered;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the card case shown in Figs. 1 to a inclusive;and

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66 of Fig. 1. i

Referring now to these drawings which illustrate a preferred embodimentof my a, 1923. Serial 661,186.

invention, 1 indicates a card case composed of leather or like flexiblematerial and which may be ofiany suitable shape or form. As shown thecard case is oblong in configuration andv has the interior cardreceiving chamber or pocket 2 disposed longitudinally with an open endor mouth 23 at the top of the card case 1. Movable longitudinally withinthe card receiving chan'iber 2 from the bottom thereof toward the mouthis a "card carrier 4-, which is preferably mounted to be movablelongitudinally in one wall 1 of the card case and has a portion formedof spring metal which extends laterally so as to resiliently pressagainst the opposite wall 1 of the card case or against any card or likeobject which may be interposed between the said resilient walls 11thereof. The saidcarrier portion is at its lower end provided with acard engaging toe 5 which pref erably comprises a bent terminal portion,

which is bent inwardly a slight distance so as to engage at one time therear edge of a single card only. The upper end of said carrier ispreferably attached to or mounted on a finger manipulating deviceextending through the wall 1 of the casing and movable longitudinallythereof. As illustrated, the said carrier is so mounted upon a slide 6movable in a slot formed in the wall 1 of the casing and preferablyhaving a metallic marginal frame 7 which forms a tracltfor the carrierslide 6. a

In the preferred embodiment of my invention shown, a yieldable retainingelement 9 is preferably provided contiguous to the mouth of the cardreceiving chamber to obstruct the same and normally to retain the cardsin position within said chamber. This yieldable element is preferablycomposed of an elastic material such as rubber and is adapted to yieldso as to permit a card to pass same upon the movement of such card bythe carrier toward the mouth of said card receiving chamber.

In operation the cards are simply inserted through the mouth 3 of thecard case and assume the position indicated in Fig. 2 with the yieldableelement overlying the top of the cards to retain the same within thereceiving chamber of the card case and the toe of the carrier inengagement with the single card. Obviously upon the movement of thecarrier slide 6 upwardly as indicated in Fig. 3 a card 8 will be movedpast the (iii yieldable element 9 so as to project beyond the mouth ofthe card case so as to permit the ready withdrawal thereof. It will beseen that acard case of this character may be operated by a person withglovedhands and that the cards are much more-readily accessible anddeliverable than in the card cases usually employed. c i

Having described my invention, Iiclaim 1. A card case having a cardreceiving chamber between opposite Walls thereof, a carrier mounted tomove longitudinally in one walland having a rearwardly extendingresilient portion pressing against the opposite wall and against cardsinterposed be tween such walls and said rearwardly extending portionbeing provided with a bent terminal toe engaging the rear edge of asingle card and a slide engageable by the fingers of the user andn'iovable vertically through a slot in said wall of the casing to move acard toward the mouththereot'.

2. A card case composed of non-metallic flexible material andhaving acard receiving chamber between opposite walls thereof, a carrier mountedto move longitudinally in one Wall and having a rearwardly extendingportion pressing against the opposite wall and against cards interposedbetween such walls and said rearwardiy extending portion being providedwith a bent terminal toe engaging the rear edge of a single card, aslide engageable by the fingers of the user and movable verticallythrough a slot in said Wall of the casing to move a card toward themouth thereof, and a metallic slide frame mounted in said wall andforming a track for said slide, and a yield-able element positioned atthe mouth 0t said card receiving chamber to normally retain the cardswithin the same and to permit the delivery by the carrier of a singlecard therefrom.

In witness whereof, I have signed my name to the foregoingspecification.

lVALTER J. WILLIAMS.

